A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS...

What would a retrospective on my (nearly) 40 years on this earth be without looking at a few of my favorite things? So, here I present my favorite things, in no particular order…

1.    Car: My 2004 Acura TL “Henry”

2.    Books: “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle and “The Last Lecture” by Dr. Randy Pausch

3.    Ice Cream Flavor: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

4.    Interactive Game: Words with Friends

5.    Hymn: “My Tribute” by Andre Crouch (sidebar: least favorite hymn: Amazing Grace)

6.    Color: Red

7.    Number: 18

8.    Month of the year: November

9.    Spontaneous College Memory: Packing a car load of people into my ’92 Geo Prism and driving from Williamsburg, KY to Middlesboro, KY to Virginia, starting at midnight on a Saturday night and returning to Williamsburg around 4am

10. Genre of Music: Country

11. Card Game: Uno

12. Movies: “Steel Magnolias” “Philadelphia” and“Sleepless in Seattle”

13. Desert/Bakery: Cupcakes with Butter cream Icing from Edgar’s Bakery in Birmingham

14. Season: Fall

15. Local Restaurant: The Pita Stop

16. Chain Restaurant: The Cheesecake Factory

17. Fast Food Restaurant: Chick-fil-A (yeah, I’m gay, don’t hate…)

18. Non-Alcoholic Beverage: Milo’s Sweet Tea

19. Alcoholic Beverage: Sex on the Beach

20. Essayist/Humorist: David Sedaris

21. Subjects in High School: English & French

22. Class in College: Death and Dying

23. Favorite TV Shows: “Three’s Company”, “The Golden Girls” “Mama’s Family”

24. Flowers: Tulips and Star-Gazer Lilies

25. Favorite Actor: Jason Bateman

26. Favorite Network News Anchor: Anderson Cooper

27. Halloween Costume: Blanche Devereaux (2010) with my friends for a Halloween Party  dressed as The Golden Girls.

28. Online Retailers: Amazon and The Tie Bar

29. Clothing Store: Banana Republic

30. Retailer: Target

31. Author: Dr. Seuss

32. Favorite Personal Characteristic: My handwriting

33. Writing Utensil: Depends on the mood, currently it is a gel pen, but for more than 20 years I have been a fan of the Pilot V5 Rolling Ball pen

34. Album: Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill is musical perfection

35.  Poem: “Love after Love” by Derek Walcott

36. Weather: Generally Rainy or overcast

37. Flavor of Candy: Cherry

38. Choral Composition: John Rutter’s “Requiem”

39. Exercise: Yoga

40. Vegetable: Broccoli

 

Here’s my confession: I don’t think I really need a confession for this posting, but I’ll confess it was a fun exercise. There are probably some things that will be surprising, but maybe not. There were some favorites suggested to me, that I couldn’t answer: Holiday, Singer, Tradition, Broadway Musical, Musical Expression… I could have probably made a longer list, but after all, it is a few of my favorite things…